Robin's eggs nails are an easy, cute spring look. To make robin's egg nails, first apply your base coat. Choose multiple pastel shades. Then, you can use glitter polish, a tooth brush, or a a scrunched up plastic bag to create speckles dotting your nails. When you're done, finish with a layer of topcoat to set the look.

Opt for a fast dry base coat if you have one. As you'll be adding multiple layers of nail polish for this look, the faster each layer dries, the better.

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Add a layer of pastel polish. As this is a spring look, a pastel color works best. As robin's eggs are blue, traditionally a light blue shade works best. Select your color and add one layer of pastel polish to serve as your base coat.[2]

For this look, it's important that your base color dry completely before decorating your nails. To reduce drying time, instead of applying one thick coat to each nail, apply two thin coats. Wait two minutes before applying each coat to your nails. Thinner coats tend to dry faster.[3]

You do not need to stick to one color. For a more spontaneous spring look, try painting your nails in various shades of pastel.[4]

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Let your nails dry completely. If you start adding speckles to your nails before they're dry, your base coat will smear. This will leave your final look messy and smudged. Make sure to let your nail polish dry completely before proceeding. Some nail polish dries within a few minutes, while other brands may take over an hour.[5]

To speed up the drying process, fill a bowl with ice water and submerge your nails in the water. Keep them in the water for two minutes. This should result in your nails drying faster.

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Using Glitter Polish

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Choose your glitter polish. Glitter nail polish comes in a variety of shades and sizes. You can go for bigger chunks of glitter or smaller chunks. For an robin's egg look, slightly bigger glitter chunks may work better.[6]

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Apply the polish to your nails. After your base coat has dried, simply paint over it with your glitter polish. Use slow, steady motions to avoid smearing your nails.[7]

If you do not have enough glitter after one coat of polish, add another to add more speckles to your nails.

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Set the look with a topcoat (optional). If you want, you can add a clear topcoat on top of your nails. This helps protect your nails. It can help your nail polish remain chip and damage free. If you do decide to add a topcoat, make sure the glitter nail polish has dried completely first.[8]

Press your toothbrush on your nails. On each nail, press the toothbrush down on the nail in a couple of different spots. This will create tiny speckles at different points of the nail. Hold the toothbrush steady while pressing it down on your nails to avoid smearing your speckles.[11]

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Using a Plastic Bag

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Cut out a chunk from a plastic bag. Take a plastic bag, such as a grocery bag or a Ziploc bag. Cut out a small circle or chunk from the bag. It does not matter where you cut, as long as you have some plastic to work with.[14]

Do not worry about cutting out a perfect shape or circle. You'll be scrunching up the plastic into a ball anyway, so the shape is not that important.

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Dab some metallic nail polish onto a paper plate. Take a shade of metallic nail polish. The color is up to you, although more neutral shades like gold and silver work best against pastels. Dab some of the nail polish onto a paper plate.[15]

Crunch your paper bag. Take your piece of plastic. Crunch it up into a small ball using your fingers. Make sure the edges of your ball are not too smooth. There should be some edges sticking up. This will create texture for your nails.[16]

Test out your plastic on your paper plate. Before using your plastic ball to apply paint to your nails, do a few test runs on your paper plate. Dab your plastic ball in your nail polish and then dab it onto an empty portion of the plate. If the speckles are too big or blend together too much, adjust your plastic ball. You can unfold it and refold it or pull some of the plastic out of place slightly.[17]

Dab each nail with the plastic bag. Dab the plastic bag in your metallic polish, getting a small amount on. Then, dab the bag over each nail until you have as many speckles as you want. For some nails, you may end up dabbing the bag more than once on slightly different portions of the nail.[18]